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Dr. Lynne Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people were summoned for an all work test examination by the Birmingham Medical Services Centre in 1998; and what proportion of those were found to be exempt from such examination. [79046]
Mr. Bayley
The number of medical examinations undertaken in connection with claims for Incapacity Benefit in Birmingham in 1998 was 41,968. It is not possible to identify what proportion of the people examined were found to be exempt.